A big meteor shower will be happening this evening. Friday August 13 is when the annual Perseids 2010 shower can be happening. The moon could be disappeared during the Perseids meteor shower 2010. From midnight to dawn, meteor watchers who venture out beyond city lights should be able to observe up to 75 meteors an hour coming out of the northeast sky. A telescope isn’t something you’ll have to purchase for this.
Meteor watch for Perseids 2010
Perseids 2010 is a huge end to a wonderful summer full of stargazing and could be happening tonight. NASA reports that the show begins at sundown when Venus, Saturn, Mars and the crescent Moon materialize above the western horizon clustered together in a “tight conjunction.”. When the planets fall below the horizon about 10 p.m. the Perseids 2010 begin. From 10 p.m. until dawn, meteors appearing to emanate from the Perseus constellation will streak across the sky. As the Perseus constellation rises and the night deepens, meteor rates will increase. For sheer numbers, the best time to meteor watch is during the darkest hours before dawn on Friday morning, when at least one meteor a minute could possibly be seen.
Meteor watching tips
Tips for watching meteors and enjoying them one of the most are given by Alan Boyle from MSNBC. Get out of town away from city light pollution where the sky is wide open and dark. The higher the elevation, the better. You’ll need something to keep you warm and to lie on while being on your car up against windshields. Stay warm with the clothes you wear. It will help to get some mood music to play. Get there in enough time that your eyes can adjust to the dark and look up. You won’t be able to see the Perseids 2010 very well until after midnight has hit. The peak typically comes just before morning twilight begins.
Suggestions for photographing the meteors
The big meteor shower tonight is a great photo op. Pop Photo offers some helpful meteor photography tips. Don’t use long-exposures or wide-open apertures because lights from the city could mean the image is ruined. Bring a cable release — keeping your finger off the shutter button will prevent blurred images. Put something in the foreground so you don’t end up with just a bunch of light streaks. Discover the right ISO and exposure time with a wide, fast lens to help take the picture. Just keep taking pictures.
Why Perseids 2010 is going to be so amazing
Perseids 2010 is happening since the Swift-Tuttle comet is something Earth is just passing through again. The Swift-Tuttle, reports the Christian Science Monitor, only is seen every 135 years when it gets close enough to the sun to heat up. The comet was seen previously in 1992. Each time the comet passes Earth, the dust stream gets thicker than the time before. The dust stream Swift-Tuttle has left behind is denser than usual, and Earth will pass through that.
NASA
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/” href=”http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/
MSNBC
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/11/4869749-see-and-hear-the-meteor-show
Pop Photo
popphoto.com/features/how/2010/08/how-photographing-perseid-meteor-shower
Christian Science Monitor
csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0812/Meteor-shower-August-2010-how-you-can-get-the-best-view
